[Alexander Walker Scott & Helenus Scott], 1808 / watercolour miniature by W.J. Thomson
[Alexander Walker Scott & Helenus Scott], 1808 / watercolour miniature by W.J. Thomson
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Author / Creator
Date
1808 (dated lower left)
Call Numbers
MIN 356
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 8.5 x 7 cm (sight) in a wooden frame 19.5 x 18.4 cm - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature in ebonised wooden frame with a square brass slip and a clasp at top centre of frame for hanging
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Full title
[Alexander Walker Scott & Helenus Scott], 1808 / watercolour miniature by W.J. Thomson
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Based on the age of the sitters, it is likely that the portraits are of Alexander Walker (b. 1800) and Helenus (b. 1802). Robert Scott would be 9 years old in 1808.
This Scott family miniature, and four others (MINs 352, 353, 354 & 355), were acquired from a presumed descendant of Rose Scott (provenance has not been traced). On the reverse of MI...
Signature / Inscriptions
At lower left of watercolour is inscribed "W.J. Thomson / Pinxt 1808"
On reverse on backing paper is inscribed "Miniature by F. Johnson 1809 of R [written over H] + A Scott"
On reverse on a pasted label is a handwritten inscription, "Miniature by Miss Sharp [crossed out and written over with] F Johnson - R + A W Scott / Lent by R Scott Pt. P...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Feb. 1995
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 356
Record Identifier
1LjmNZ49
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjmNZ49
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Reference code
80878
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